Biography
Adrian Edmondson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He went to Manchester University to study drama. Whilst he was there he met Rik Mayall, and the pair began performing as 20th Century Coyote. The act continued after university when Adrian & Rik moved to London, and they became two of the leading lights in the new 'alternative comedy' scene, performing at the newly established Comedy Store, and setting up their own club, The Comic Strip, with 'Peter Richardson', Nigel Planer, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, and Alexei Sayle. This spawned two 1980s TV series: The Young Ones (1982), and The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) In the 1990's Ade & Rik continued their partnership with a new series called Bottom (1991), which ran for three seasons and became a major success on the live circuit. It was basically a live sitcom, liberally sprinkled with slapstick humour, and the pair did 5 long tours between 1993 and 2003. Simultaneously, Adrian established himself as an actor, doing two improvised TV films under the Screen One and Screen Two umbrella, with director Les Blair: Screen Two: Honest, Decent and True (1986), and Screen One: News Hounds (1990) (winner of the BAFTA for best single drama). He was a regular in the hospital drama Holby City (1999) from 2005 - 2008. He took the lead in a drama documentary about the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in the series Surviving Disaster (2006), and appeared as Henry Austen in the TV movie Miss Austen Regrets (2008), the film Blood (2012), and the drama series Prey (2014). But his most notable dramatic role to date is that of Count Rostov in the BBC series War & Peace (2016).
Filmography
all 164
Movies 86
TV Shows 78
self 38
Writer 9
Director 7
Narrator 2
Creator 2
Alien: Earth (2025)
Bottom: Exposed (2024)
3 Body Problem (2024)
Rain Dogs (2023)
A Spy Among Friends (2022)
The Trick (2021)
The Pact (2021)
King Rocker (2020)
Completely Bad News (2019)
The Rizen: Possession (2019)
Cheat (2019)
Celebrity Catchphrase (2018)
Save Me (2018)
RSC Live: Twelfth Night (2018)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Bancroft (2017)
Richard Osman's House of Games (2017)
Interlude In Prague (2017)
The Rizen (2017)
Genius (2017)
Urban Myths (2017)
One of Us (2016)
Upstart Crow (2016)
War and Peace (2016)
Rocky Horror Show Live (2015)
Ronja the Robber's Daughter (2014)
Prey (2014)
Blood (2012)
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (2012)
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off (2012)
Death in Paradise (2011)
The Dales (2011)
Let's Dance for Comic Relief (2009)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008)
Teenage Kicks (2008)
Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision (2008)
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story (2007)
The Making of 'The Young Ones' (2007)
The One Show (2006)
Great British Menu (2006)
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity (2001)
Mirrorball (2000)
Four Men in a Plane (2000)
Guest House Paradiso (1999)
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island (1997)
Jonathan Creek (1997)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Ready Steady Cook (1994)
Anna Lee (1994)
If You See God, Tell Him (1993)
Demonella (1993)
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase (1993)
Space Virgins from Planet Sex (1993)
Red Nose of Courage (1992)
Hamlet: The Video (1992)
Bottom (1991)
The Pope Must Die (1991)
News Hounds (1990)
Les Dogs (1990)
French & Saunders LIVE (1990)
Oxford (1990)
GLC: The Carnage Continues (1990)
Snakes and Ladders (1989)
Press Gang (1989)
The Yob (1988)
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (1988)
More Bad News (1988)
The Strike (1988)
Eat the Rich (1987)
Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987)
Honest Decent & True (1986)
Private Enterprise (1986)
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger (1986)
The Dangerous Brothers (1986)
The Supergrass (1985)
Happy Families (1985)
Eddie Monsoon - a Life? (1984)
Gino: Full Story and Pics (1984)
Susie (1984)
Dirty Movie (1984)
Natural World (1983)
Blackadder (1983)
Bad News (1983)
The Beat Generation (1983)
War (1983)
The Young Ones (1982)
The Comic Strip Presents... (1982)
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door (1982)
The Comic Strip (1981)
Ade at Sea
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-01-24 (68 years old)
Birth Name
Adrian Charles Edmondson
Birth Place
Bradford, United Kingdom
Spouse
Jennifer Saunders
Children
Beattie Edmondson, Ella Edmondson
Citizenships
United Kingdom
Also Known As
Ade Edmonson, Ade Edmondson, Ade Edmonton, Bad News, Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson, Adrian Charles Edmondson
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